Drive-through window: Car slams into Egg & I

Some Greeley women inside The Egg & I Restaurant on West 10th Street Tuesday afternoon were talking about guardian angels when they saw for themselves an example of their beliefs.

A car crashed through the front of the restaurant into the table where they normally sat. Luckily, on this day, they weren’t able to sit at their favorite table.

The front window of the popular restaurant at 3830 W. 10th St., was smashed in and tables destroyed. The 2004 Pontiac Grand Am finally stopped against the back wall of that section of the restaurant. Located on the other side of the wall was the kitchen.

The driver, 78-year-old Beverly Mock, was not injured. She said she eats often at the Egg & I, and was driving into the front parking place when it happened. “I accidentally stepped on the wrong pedal,” Mock said. “I’m glad no one was seriously hurt.”

A small group of women were having lunch together and now wonder about their good fortune. Christy Shirazi and her friends normally sit at the window table where the car came through, but on Tuesday, they had to take another table.

“We were sitting there, talking about guardian angels when the car came through,” Shirazi said. “I guess they were watching over us.”

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There were luncheon customers in the restaurant at 1 p.m. when the car came through the window. Tracy Thompson, 31, Greeley, was sitting at a booth near the window, but police said he suffered only minor injuries when he saw the car coming and leaped partially out of the way.

Manager David Mayhew was at the cash register, about 20 feet from the window. “There was this loud ‘boom!’ and everybody in the restaurant jumped,” he said. “They all came over to the lobby area to be safe.”

Co-owner of the Egg & I, Mike Moriarty, said the restaurant will be open for business as usual Wednesday morning at 6 a.m. “We’ve been here for 18 years,” Mayhew said. “We aren’t going to let a little accident close us down.”